Licks

Artist Paul Henry Ramirez American, born 1963

Printer Dieu Donné American, 1976-

Date2007

MediumSilkscreen and collaged laser-cut paper on handmade custom-watermarked laminated paper

DimensionsSheet: 29 1/4 x 18 7/8 in. (74.3 x 47.9 cm)
Frame Dimensions: 36 3/8 x 25 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (92.4 x 65.4 x 3.8 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineGift of Tobin A. Sparling in memory of Frances Swatzburg

Object number2009.12.2

On View

Not on view

Collections

Works on Paper

SignedLL, "PHR" penciled in large, curled strokes

MarkingsLR "60/100" in pencil

DescriptionDark and light pink bubbles, drips, scrolls and slinky-like linked curlicues on the left side of the sheet with similar elements in orange and grey on the right side. The left has an additional long drip in silkscreened grey paint, between this and another in dark pink is a dark brown collaged paper drip in dark brown. On the right side the collaged drip on is blue and it extends beyond the lower edge of the sheet.

Colored papers are laminated between two cream colored sheets, with orange on the right and a bright fuchsia pink paper on the left half splitting the ground color of the sheet into a bluish-tinged pink and one that is a warmer orange tint.

See Notes for technical descriptionExhibition History"What's New? Recent Acquisitions 2008-2010", Hoopes Gallery, The Hyde Collection, March 3 - May 29, 2011.

"50 at 50: Five Decades of Collecting at the Hyde". Wood Gallery, Education Wing, Hyde House, The Hyde Collection. Glens Falls, January 16, 2013 -April 14, 2013ProvenancePurchased by the donor from the Editions Club of Dieu Donné, 2007. From their website, dieudonne.org: "Founded in 1976, Dieu Donné is a non-profit artist workspace dedicated to the creation, promotion and preservation of contemporary art in the hand-papermaking process." [http://www.dieudonne.org/; Accessed 3/18/2010]